Iraqi Army Soldiers seized a number of weapons caches in Sadr City during Operation Peace June 2.

IA Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 36th Brigade, 11th IA Division found six rockets, five 82 mm mortar rounds, two 120 mm mortar rounds and four anti-aircraft rockets at approximately 7:35 a.m.

At approximately 11:25 a.m., IA Soldiers from 2nd Bn., 3rd Brigade., 1st IA Div., seized three grenades and five rocket bases. At approximately 12:50 p.m., Soldiers from this unit seized six 82 mm mortar rounds, a 155 mm round and an improvised explosive device hidden inside a vehicle.

IA Soldiers from 4th Bn., 34th Bde., 9th IA Div., seized eight IEDs, 21 BMP round propellants, a 60 mm mortar tube and base plate, three rocket-propelled grenades, a 60 mm mortar round, a smoke grenade, a small propellant, a grenade blasting cap and a spool of wire at approximately 1:10 p.m.

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Iraqi Army Soldiers uncovered several weapons caches in the Sadr City district of Baghdad as they worked to increase safety in the area June 3.

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division seized several weapons caches at approximately 7 a.m. The munitions included two PKC magazines with 50 rounds, five AK-47 magazines loaded with 40 7.62 mm rounds, two anti-tank rockets, two anti-personnel rockets, a missile, two grenades and nine initiation fuses.

At approximately 8 a.m., Soldiers in the same unit found an RPG-7 and five anti-personnel rounds.

In concurrent operations, Iraqi Army Soldiers serving with the 1st Bn., 38th Brigade, 11th IA Div., seized another weapons cache. The items included 52 Dishka rounds, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, an RPG warhead, two 82 mm mortar rounds, six 60 mm rounds, five 122 mm rockets, two fire extinguishers and an armor vest with plates.

IA Soldiers with the 2nd Bn., 3rd Bde., 1st Division also discovered several weapons caches at approximately 8 a.m. They seized 11 AK-47 rifles, a RPK light machine gun, five grenades, a 120 mm round and crush wire.

At approximately 8 a.m., Soldiers with the 2nd Bn., 36th Bde., 9th IA Div., seized a sniper rifle and eight AK-47 rifles.

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This is the Iraqi Army movement into Sadr City.

Three weapons caches were found in a mosque and a hospital during Operation Peace in Baghdad, May 23.

The two caches contained more than 360 AK-47 assault rifles, approximately 12 Dragonov sniper rifles, anti-tank mines, flak vests, more than 100 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, and multiple RPG launchers. The bodies of one woman and two men were also found at the site of one of the caches.

Iraqi Army Soldiers of the 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, discovered the first cache inside a mosque in the Shuala neighborhood during a clearing operation.

Inside the mosque, Iraqi Soldiers discovered more than 260 AK-47 rifles, approximately 10 RPGs, and approximately 10 Dragonov sniper rifles, as well as mortars and mortar tube.

The Soldiers discovered a second cache just outside the mosque, containing more than 100 AK-47s, anti-tank mines, flak vests, TNT, rocket launchers and the remains of the three people.

Iraqi Army Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 49th Iraqi Army Division, discovered the third weapons cache in a local hospital in Sadr City.

This cache contained more than 100 RPG rounds, rocket sleds, more than 60 home-made grenades, more than 50 fuses, TNT with cortex, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and several mortar tubes corresponding to multiple mortar sizes.

To date, Operation Peace in Sadr City has seized 38 caches.

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Iraqi Army Soldiers found a substantial weapons cache and other munitions in Sadr City as Operation Peace continued May 21.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., IA Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 49th Brigade, 9th IA Division, seized four Katusha rockets.

IA Soldiers from the 3rd Bn., 49th Bde., while conducting a dismounted patrol near the Al Sadr Hospital, discovered a sizable cache, which consisted of more than 50 various mortar rounds, 49 rocket-propelled grenades, 66 hand grenades, seven RPG launchers, a machine gun, four Katusha rocket sleds, various mortar tubes, an 82 mm mortar base, a recoilless rocket launching tube, four explosively-formed projectile plates, hundreds of small-arms rounds, two detonators, a kilogram of TNT, various lengths of metal tubing and assorted fuzes, flares and mines.

At approximately 1 a.m. May 22, IA Soldiers from the 38th Brigade seized a 122 mm rocket and a launching rail, and IA Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 34th Brigade, 9th IA Div., seized two IEDs made up of four 155 mm mortar rounds at approximately 1 a.m.

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Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered weapons caches and prevented a potential deadly attack May 21 in Baghdad.

Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, found a weapons cache at approximately 12:05 p.m. in the Kamaliya area of New Baghdad. Soldiers discovered 16 mortar charges; 26 shotgun shells; a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher scope; an RPG round and 35, 5.56mm rounds.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. in Kadhamiyah, Iraqi Army Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Division, found a 155mm artillery round rigged to be used as an improvised-explosive device; an RPG round; five AK-47s; a 60mm mortar tube with bipod; 1,000, 7.62mm rounds and several electric components.

A Sons of Iraq member alerted Soldiers from 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div., about a weapons cache in the Umar area of Rusafa at approximately 1:30 p.m. The Soldiers seized three 60mm mortar rounds; two 82mm mortar rounds; an RPG launcher with an RPG attached; an AK-47 and two fuses.

At approximately 2 p.m. in the Karkh district, IA Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Div., found a vehicle rigged with more than 80 pounds of explosives to be used as a car bomb. The IA Soldiers cordoned off the area to safeguard innocent locals.

The car detonated 15 minutes later, apparently as a result of terrorists realizing that the IAs had discovered the vehicle they were planning to use to kill innocent Iraqis. No one was injured as a result of the explosion.

Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found two Katusha rockets and two rocket tubes west of Baghdad at approximately 5 p.m.

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Iraqi Army Soldiers and National Policemen conducting operations in the Sadr City district of Baghdad uncovered explosives and an improvised explosive device May 21.

At approximately 7:50 a.m., Soldiers with the 3rd Regiment, 1st Iraqi Army Division, seized two rocket-propelled grenades and one 155 mm artillery round.

At approximately 9 a.m., Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 38th Iraqi Army Brigade, discovered a weapons cache containing 100 home-made grenades.

And at approximately 9:30 a.m., Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 36th Mechanized Division, seized an improvised explosive device made from a 155 mm artillery round.

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